Sepp Blatter rails against his detractors

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Blatter took no pleasure from the charges against Warner, left, and bin HammamShirley Bahadur/AP

Ed Hawkins

Last updated at 5:18PM, May 26 2011

Sepp Blatter has responded to conspiracy theories that claim he pushed through
bribery charges against Mohamed bin Hammam, his election rival, with a
passionate defence of his character and presidency in an online column.

In an article for insideworldfootball.biz which was forthright and, at times,
bizarre, Blatter dismissed the notion that the investigation into bin Hammam
and Jack Warner, the Concacaf chief, was nothing more than a cynical attempt
to harm his challenger.

The Swiss wrote that he took no pleasure from the investigation, which will
take place at the governing body’s headquarters in Zurich on Sunday. “I take
no